Washboard with rubbing attachment.



B. RUDOLFF.

WASHBOARD WITH RUBBING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I, 1914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application led December 21, 1914. Serial No. 878,276.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARNET RUDOLFF, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudsonand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washboards with Rubbing Attachments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a wash board with a rubbing attachment, andits novelty comprises means. whereby said attachment `can be swung to anopen or closed position,

so that the clothes, fabric or other material which is to be scrubbedcan easily be located upon or taken from the wash board.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents an elevation of a washboard with the rubbing attachment swung to an open position; Fig. 2shows a top plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 represents a view similar toFig. 1 with the attachment in its closed position and Fig. 4 shows asection of Fig. 3 on the line 4, 4.

The wash board is shown with the corrugated body portion 20 connected tothe side sills 21, 22 and the top cross piece 23. A pair of brackets 25are fastened to the side sill 21, and a guide and hinge rod 26 issupported by said brackets. A pair of brackets 31 are fastened to theside sill 22 and a guide and latch rod 32 is supported by the brackets3l.

A rubber indicated in its entirety by 34 has fastened to the bodyportion thereof the sheet of rubber 35 or other pliable material withthe gripping projections 36. Hinges 37 with oblong openings 38 extendfrom the rubber 34 and are engaged by the hinge rod 26. A pair of latchsprings 39 have each one end fastened to the back of the rubber 34. Eachof the said latch springs has a leg 40 at right angles tothe bodyportion thereof, and a latch 41 extends from the leg 40. Each of thelatch springs 39 bears against a projecting lug 42 extending from theback of the said rubber. A bracket 43 and a bracket 44 are fastened tothe back of the rubber 34 and support the operating handle 45. With thebracket 44 are formed a pair of journal brackets 50,' in which latter ishinged the hinge rod 51. A pair of eccentrics 52 are fastened to thehinge rod 51 and are positioned to bear upon the latch springs 39. Anoperating handle 55 is fastened to the hinge rod 51.

. wash board, while the rubber 34 is located in its open portion asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 and then the rubber 34 is swung to its closedposition as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The latches 414 will thereby lockthemselves with the latch rod 32. The voperator then moves the rubber 34up and down by means of the operating handle 45. The oblong openings 38of the hinges 37 and the legs 40 of the springs 39 allow the adjustmentof the rubber 34 to the proper distance from the body portion 2O of thewash board. To disengage the rubber 34 from its closed position, theoperator moves the operating handle 55 in the direction of the arrow A,Fig. 4, which disengages the latch 41 from the latch rod 32 and therubber 34 can then be swung to its open position. When the rubber 34 ismoved gripping projections 36 engage and grip the clothes 56, so thatthey are moved against the projections of the body portion 20 of thewash board.

Having described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patentand claim is z 1. In a wash board the combination of a guide and hingerod extending from one of the side sills thereof, a guide and latch rodextending from the other side sill of the 4wash board, a rubberslidablyhinged on the hinge rod and means to slidably lock said rubberwith said latch rod.

2. In a wash board the combination of a guide and hinge rod extendingfrom one of the side sills thereof, a guide and latch rod extending fromthe other side sill of the wash board, a rubber for the wash board,

hinges with oblong openings extending from said rubber and said oblongopenings engaging said guide and hinge rod, and a latch spring with oneend fastened to said rubber and having a leg at right angles to the bodythereof and having a latch at its end,

v gage the` latch rod when the rubber is l0- cated in its closedposition, an operating handle and means between said handle and saidlatch springs to disengage the latter from the latch rod.

4. In a Wash boardthe combination of a guide and hinge rod extendingfrom one of the side sills thereof, a guide and latch rod extending fromthe other side of. the sill of the Wash board, a rubber slidabl7 hingedon the hinge rod, the rubber comprising a body portion With a sheet ofiexible material having gripping projections attached thereto, a pair oflatch springs'extending from the rubber, each latch spring having alatch to engage the latch rod and means tordisengage the latches fromthe latch rod.

Signed at Bayonnein the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey this16th day of December A. D. 1914. I Y

BARNET RUDOLFF.

Witnesses:

A. A. DE BONNEWLLE, WELMINER DE BoNNEvLLE. Y

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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